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Review on High-Speed Transcend TS-RDF5K USB 3.1 Card Reader for SDHC/SDXC/microSDHC/SDXC Cards - Black by Keith Harris

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Doesn't offer USB3.0 worthy speeds

These reader/writers work as expected, except for the speed specs. When writing, I achieve between 4 and 6 MB/s and when reading 6-8 MB/s, which corresponds to the USB 2.0 specifications. I realize that there are some considerations to be made when testing read/write speeds on flash devices. I also understand the scientific method and control settings. Here are the control settings: PC = HP Elitebook 8430 i5 with USB3.0SD = Sandisk Ultra 16GB MicroSD c10 HC1Test = Burn disc ISO image with imaging software to same SD card with single variable USB r/w usedImage = Odroid XU4 Ubuntu 18 04 Image Performance (this item) = 4-6MB/s write, 5-8MB/s read Built-in USB3. 0, but it definitely doesn't deliver the speed you would expect from a USB3.0 device. Just to be clear - this is not limited to a single failed device, I have observed this performance on 10 different reader/writers of the same brand that I purchased for bulk SD card imaging for a company that I work. They all delivered about the same performance across the board compared to another brand which I won't name. Notes: It was about $2 more per unit, same color but brand starts with i instead of t. That's all I'll give as I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I've observed this performance on 10 different same brand reader/writers that I bought to create bulk SD card images for the company I work for. They all delivered about the same performance across the board compared to another brand which I won't name. Notes: It was about $2 more per unit, same color but brand starts with i instead of t. That's all I'll give as I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I've observed this performance on 10 different same brand reader/writers that I bought to create bulk SD card images for a company I work for. They all delivered about the same performance across the board compared to another brand which I won't name. Notes: It was about $2 more per unit, same color but brand starts with i instead of t. That's all I'll give as I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. but mark starts with i instead of t. That's all I'll give as I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. but mark starts with i instead of t. That's all I'll give as I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it. I don't want to make any official recommendations. If you can figure it out with these clues, then you got it.

Pros
  • Computer Accessories and Peripherals
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